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DomicileBefore getting into the depth of the word Domicile, it is important to understand what exactly is domicile. A domicile is the relation between the individual and the country in which he resides with an intention to make it a permanent home. It literally means that the person is a resident of that particular place and even if he travels away he intends to come back to that state. As per the law, the power of jurisdiction strictly lies in the domicile. The English law states the domicile as the state of intention than state of residence, i.e. it is the state in which a person intends to live for his life. For instance, a person living in Canada for 40 years, can also remain domiciled in England. The domicile belongs to the state where an individual’s actual home is. There are two types of domicile:Domicile of origin- It is where the child was born, he automatically acquires the domicile of that place. Domicile of choice- If the child is born within the marriage, the domicile place of the child is same as that of the father. In case the mother is living separately, then the domiciled place of mother is taken as that of the child’s. A domicile of origin can be changed to domicile of choice, in which an adult who was born in another country, and is working abroad, can take the domicile of that place, with the sole intention of residing there for indefinite time. Under the English laws, you cannot intend to have domicile of two different states or countries simultaneously. A domicile is one of the most crucial documents in filing a petition of divorce in the court of law. For jurisdiction- When a divorce case is filed, one or both the spouses have to be domiciled in that state. Being domiciled does not literally mean that you are a resident of that state; there are chances that, a domicile is relevant to individual’s tax status in a country. It is therefore, a very wide term, a domiciled for divorce and a domicile for tax purposes are altogether different. This enables one not to be, present in the state physically, to obtain divorce in the domiciled state. The petitioner is a habitual resident of the state for last 12 months, ending with the date at which the proceeding has started. This says, that anyone can seek divorce in that state, even if both the spouses are not staying in the same country and they married each other in a different state, if he or she is a habitual resident, by staying for more than a year, immediately before the petition is filed. The domicile of a person is relevant to the fact that he or she can acquire the jurisdiction, in their family matter, from the court, where they did not marry and even are not permanent residents of that country.
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